BAKE ME: Chocolate Olive Oil Cake

“pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man…bake me a cake as fast as you can…”

Last week, we were invited to a friends home for Friday night dinner. I wanted to bring dessert but didn’t want anything too heavy or too sweet. For some strange reason I was really craving chocolate cake. While I could have used a mix, I really wanted to bake something from scratch. I decided to make a chocolate olive oil cake. I have baked with olive oil before with delicious results, see HERE.

I scoured Google and Pinterest for a recipe and finally found one, that after some tweaking, sounded like it would be good. So many of the recipes I found were gluten free. After just barely surviving Passover, the last thing I wanted was a gluten free cake. This recipe was egg free but had flour and sugar. Ahhhhhhh real carbs!

I baked the cake in an 8 inch round pan, and to be honest, I think it was a little too small. As a result, it took longer to bake and in the end it fell. Sad face. Thankfully, it still tasted delicious and moist! Next time I will bake it in a 10 inch round pan or two 8 inch round pans and then layer the cakes on top of each other. Before I served the cake, I dusted the top with powdered sugar. Because the cake isn’t sweet, it added a nice sweetness. I will definitely be making this one again!